The killing of a former Shiv Sena (UBT) Councillor, and son of a former MLA, Abhishek Ghosalkar, has taken Mumbai by storm. The incident was streamed live on Meta on Thursday. Mauris Noronha allegedly began firing in his office around 8.30 p.m. The office is in IC Colony, Borivali, Mumbai. Ghosalkar was shot in the abdomen and shoulder. He was taken to Karuna Hospital but was declared dead. At 1:30 a.m., he was taken to J.J. Hospital in Byculla for post-mortem. At 4.45 a.m. Friday, he was moved to Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali where his remains were kept in the morgue. At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, his body was moved to the morgue freezer and then taken to his residence in Daulat Nagar Borivali.
The assailant was identified as Mauris Noronha. Initially, 5 rounds were fired from the 15-cartridge capacity pistol out of which 4 bullets hit Abhishek Ghosalkar. After shooting Ghosalkar, Noronha went to the rooftop of the office, loaded the pistol with bullets and shot himself in the head.
